Title: Adequacies and inadequacies: the relationship between training and development and organisational effectiveness in the Nigerian Immigration Services

Authors: Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Oluwatosin Akinyede Ajayi, Peter James Kpolovie

Addresses: Department of Educational Foundations and Management, University of Education, P.M.B. 5047, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. ' Department of Business Administration, College of Management and Social Sciences, NOVENA University, P.M.B. 2, Kwale, Delta State, Nigeria. ' Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Abstract: This study investigates dramatic changes in the Nigerian public service in recent years. Specifically, it examines employee training and development in Nigeria|s Immigration Services and the ways in which these have impacted employee performance. Using a sample of 82 respondents, the research portrays the paths which link training and development consequences with organisational effectiveness. In this framework, training and development consequences represent a proxy in which employee training, actions, attitudes, and behaviours affect job effectiveness. The results derived from multiple statistical analyses indicated a mixed significant. Implications for strategic employee training and development policies are imminent and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords: training; employee development; organisational effectiveness; productivity; immigration services; adequacies; inadequacies; Nigeria; employee performance; job effectiveness; employee actions; employee attitudes; employee behaviour.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2011.040408

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2011 Vol.2 No.2, pp.140 - 155

Published online: 11 Oct 2014 *

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